Maintenance of the Animal Feed Regulatory Program Standards with Coordinated Preventive Control Regulatory Activities and Capacity Building in South Carolina

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Summary-Abstract The South Carolina Department of Agriculture (SCDA) seeks funding support for costs associated with maintaining a comprehensive and integrated animal feed safety program, allowing for six final months of development followed by three years of maintenance with the Animal Feed Regulatory Program Standards (AFRPS). Funding is also being sought to expand independent PC and cGMP inspections under South Carolina state authority. SCDA Consumer Protection Division (CPD) has been involved in the process of AFRPS compliance since 2014. Initially, the primary obstacle to achieving conformance with the Standards was insufficient staffing. To overcome this barrier, SCDA applied for and began the AFRPS Cooperative Agreement Program (CAP) with FDA in 2017. Currently in the fifth year of this agreement, three full time personnel are employed with AFRPS funding, one AFRPS Coordinator, one Feed Safety Inspector, and one Feed Safety Compliance Officer are exclusively dedicated to the successful development and maintenance of the SCDA Feed Program. The Feed Program Manager and one additional Feed Safety Inspector have also been employed partially by AFRPS funding to aid in the inspectional efforts of the Standards. These five personnel are also anticipated to aid in the PC Funding Option requirements. 2